Simulation of Target Range Measurement Process by Passive Optoelectronic Rangefinder

Active rangefinders used for measurement of longer distances of objects (targets), e.g. pulsed laser rangefinders, emit radiant energy, being in conflict with hygienic restrictions in various applications. Having been applied in security and military area there is a serious defect: irradiation can be detected by target. Used passive optoelectronic rangefinders (POERF) can fully eliminate mentioned above defects. The development started initially on a department of Military Academy in Brno (since 2004 University of Defence) in the year 2001 in cooperation with the company OPROX, a.s., Brno. The POERF development resulted in making special tool being able to test individual algorithms required for the target range measurement. It is the Test POERF simulation program, which is permanent created by authors of this contribution. Its 3rd version has just been finalized. This contribution is dealing with the simulation software and covers short comments on the simulation experiments results.